The Ford Maverick was a mid-size car manufactured from April 1969-1977 in the United States, Canada, Mexico and from 1973 to 1979 in Brazil — employing a rear wheel drive platform dating to the original 1960 Falcon. Originally marketed as a 2-door sedan at an initial price of USD$1,995,[1] the Maverick was designed to be inexpensive to manufacture and maintain., , The name "maverick" was derived from the word for unbranded range animals, and the car's nameplate was stylized to resemble a longhorned cow skull.